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UNITED STATES ATE T OFFICE.

JACOB K. \VEED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO S. TWITOHELL COMPANY, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, AND

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,870, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed March 6.1902.- Serial No. 96,879. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB K. \VEED, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bottle-Filling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a niachine'for 1o filling into bottles particularly carbonaceous liquids and of a type in which the bottle is elevated and depressed, so as to be brought into and out of engagement with the fillinghead of the machine, and in such connection it relates generally to the construction and provide a simple and efficient bottle-filling machine which can be readily operated by unskilled labor and which is made independent and by proper manipulation of various mechanisms is adapted to automatically fill a bottle with a liquid under pressure.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of a bottle-filling machine constructed and arranged in substantially the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and scope of my present invention will be more fully understood from the 0 following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the upper portion of the machine, partially sectioned, embodying main features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the upper portion of the machine, partly sectioned. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly sectioned, illustrating in side elevation mechanism for controlling the openings of the liquid and sniff valves. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional'view illustrating a bottle in engagement with the filling head, the supporting table for the same, and draw-hook for the sealing device in front, elevation. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail viewsof the draw-hook in side elevation, illustrating the different positions which the hook occupies before and after the raising of the sealing device for closing the i filled bottle. Fig. 7 is atop or plan View, en-

larged and partly sectioned,of the supportingtable for the bottle and means connected with the table adapted to automatically control the actuation of a valve and pump for controlling the entrance of liquid and flavoring extracts or syrups into the bottle. Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partly in section, enlarged, of a portion of the left-hand side of the machine, illustrating means for controlling the entrance of liquid into the bottle; and Fig. 9 is a view, partly in section and partly in side elevation, of a pump for feeding flavoring extracts or syrups into the bottle and also of :means for controlling the actuation of the pump. 7

Referring to the drawings, a represents a bed-plate supported by standards a and 0. in which is supported a shaft a positively driven by a pulley a and belt a from any suitable source ofpower. (Notshown.) The sh'at't a transmits its motion by means of gear-wheels a and a to a shaft a carried by bearings a and a of the standards a, and a To the shaft a are secured a number of cams adapted to operate in proper succession mechanisms to fill the bottle with carbonaceous or other liquids and flavoring extracts or syrups and to relieve excess of gas-pressure from the bottle to enable the complete filling of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. To the bed-plate a, and preferably by means of brackets o and a, are socured two vertically-projecting rods 17 and b, carrying at their free ends a horizontally-arranged yoke b which rods and yoke form a frame B for the support-of the filling-head O, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The fillinghead O consists of a socket c, which is held in position within the yoke 19 by a nut b and is provided with two laterally and oppositely arranged extensions 0 and 0 in the interior of which are located conduits or passages c and c, communicating with a centrally-arranged filling-chamber o in the socket c, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Below the filling-chamber c and within the lower portion of the socket c is provided a rubber washer or gasket 0, which is removably connected with the socket c by means of a nut 0 Directly below the filling-head O and within a suitable recess or opening in the bed-plate a is arranged a cup-shaped support d, provided with two extensions d and d which are in sliding engagement with the fixed rods Z) and Z) of the frame B, which rods serve as guides for the support d, as shown in Fig. '7. The cupshaped support dis adapted to receive a disk or table d upon which the bottle 6 to be filled is placed. This table d is held in position within the support at and normally in alinement with the upper edge thereof by means of springs (1 surrounding guide-rods 01*, passing through the bottom of the support d, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The rods d, in conjunction with the support (1, holding the table d in proper horizontal position within the support, are adapted to permit of the movement of the table in a vertical direction. The under side of the support 01 is provided with a roller (1, engaging a cam (1 secured to the shaft a which cam during a certain portion of its revolution will raise the support at and table (1 and bring the head e of a bottle 6, placed thereon, into engagement with the gasket c of the filling-head C, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The table (1 however, will follow this upward movement only as far as the height of the bottle on the table and compression of the gasket 0 by the head 6 of the bottle c, so that the table will be more or less depressed in its support (1 against the tension of the supporting-springs 01 By this arrangement of the support (1 and table d it will be readily observed that bottles of varying heights or lengths may be employed, as the table will adjust itself to the height of the bottle. The passage 0 of the extension 0 of the socket c of the filling-head O is connected by means of a tube f with a valve f, supported by the fixed rod 1), which valve by a tube f is connected with a source of supply of carbonaceous or other liquid. (Not shown.) Within the valve f is arranged a plunger f the head f of which is normally held upon its seat f by a spring f as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8. In the normal position of the plunger f the communication between the source of supply of carbonaceous or other liquid to the'filling-head C is closed. Directly below the valvef and plunger f is arranged a rod g, guided near its upper end in a plate g, secured to the fixed rod 1) of the frame B, and near its lower end by the bedplate a'and resting with its end upon a bar g carried by brackets secured to the bed-plate a, as shown in Fig. 3. The rod 9 at its upper end is provided with a collar 9 carrying a plate 9 which is in slidable engagement with the fixed rod 1) of the frame B. Upon the plate g is arranged a second plate 9 which engages the fixed rod Z) and oscillates thereon, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The oscillating plate g is normally held in a position directly below the plungerf of the valve fby a spring for a purpose to be presently explained.

or part f open communication between the source of supply of carbonaceous or other liquid with the filling-head O, which liquid by means of the tubes f and f will now flow through the passage 0 into the filling-chamber c and thence through the gasket 0 and head e of the bottle 6 into the same. Should the bottle 6 not occupy its proper position upon the table d or be not upon the table, it follows that a waste of liquid would occur, since the valve f is positively operated during each revolution of the cam-shaft a This waste of liquid is obviated by the provision of the yielding table d for the bottle 6, with the arm h passing through a suitable slot 61 in the table-support d. The arm It carries a rod h, which is guided by the plates g and g and engages a slot 9 in the oscillating plate 9 The rod 7i is provided with a cam 72*, which is normally held out of engagement with the oscillating plate g as long as the table (i is depressed by a bottle 6, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 7, and 8. Should, however, a bottle not occupy its position on the yielding table d the table will be raised by the springs d to the top of the table-support d, which upward movement will elevate the arm 72/, the rod 71, and the cam 7L2. The cam 72 is thereby brought into engagement with the oscillating plate 9 as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 8, and will swing the plate 9 away from the plungerf and into the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 7. The upward movement of the actuating-rod 9 will in this instance not be transferred to the plunger f and the valve f will thus remain closed. Adjacent to the liquid-valve f andcarried by the fixed rod b of the frame B is arranged a sniff-valve i, which is of the same construction and arrangement as the Valve f. The sniff-valve i by means of a tube 2' is connected with the passage 0 of the filling-head O, and its plunger 1" at a certain period of time is raised by a rod guided in the plates g and g and the bed-plate a. The rod i rests upon a bar 2' carried by brackets and 2', secured to thebed-plate a, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Below the bar 2' on the shaft 0, is located a cam 17, which during its revolution elevates said bar t and rod 2' and opens the sniff-valve i to relieve any excess pressure of the gaseous liquid fed into the bottle 6 into the open air, which excess pressure, as is well known, prevents complete filling of a bottle.

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correspondingly be opened for a more or less period of time. The same adjustment can also be applied to the bar g actuating through the rod 9 the liquid-valvef, so that the amount of liquid fed to the bottle e can be regulated according to the capacity of the bottle. The passage 0 of the extension 0 of the fillinghead 0 is connected by means of a tube 7 with the cylinder-head It of a pump 70, the outlet-passage'lc of which is controlled by a check-valve as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9. The pump 7c by means of a tube 70 anda second inlet 70 controlled by a check-valve k is in communication with a source of supply of flavoring extracts or syrups. (Not shown.) Within the pump 7c is arranged a piston 70, which is held in its normal lower position by a spring k engaging the pistonrod or plunger k Directly below the pistonrod or plunger 70 is arranged a rod Z, passing through the bed-plate a and guided in a bracket Z secured to this bed-plate. The upper end of the rod Z is provided with a collar Z, supporting aplate Z ,which is in slidable connection with the fixed rod 5' of the frame B, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 9. Upon the plate Z is arranged an oscillating plate Z engaging the fixed rod b,which plate is provided with an openingZ and is normally held out of alinement with the end of the piston-rod or plungerZt of the pump 7t by means of a spring Z as illustrated in Fig. 7. Below the rod Z and upon the shaft a is secured a cam Z which at eachrevolution of the shaft a is brought into engagement with the rod Z to raise the same. This upward movement of the rod Z is transferred,by means of the oscillating plate Z to the piston L of the pump 76, which piston forces acertain amount of the flavorin g extract or syrup into the bottle e. By the following downward movement of the piston the valve 7a, controlling the inlet of the syrup into the pump 7t, will be raised by the suction action created by the downward movement of the piston, and the syrup will readily flow into the pump. The oscillating plate Z is provided with a slot Z engaged by a rod on, having a cam m similar to the cam 71. carried by the rod Zn. The rod on is carried by an arm m, secured to the yielding table d and passing through a slot d of the support (Z thereof, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 9. If the bottle 6 is placed upon the table 6Z3, the same will be held in a depressed position within the support d, and the rod m will remain in its lowermost position, holding the cam m out of engagement with the oscillating plate Z If, however, a bottle 6 is not placed upon the table d the table, as previously described, will be'raised with its support (Z, and the rod m, with its cam m, will swing the oscillating plate Z into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7. In this position the opening Z of the plate Z will be in alinement with the piston-rod or plunger 70 and the cam Z and rod Z will not actuate the piston it of the pump it, as the piston-rod or by the pump 7a with no bottle upon the table 612 i will be obviated, as well as any waste of carbonaceous or other liquid by the valve f, as hereinbefore described. As illustrated in Fig. 4, the socket c of the filling-head O is traversed by a rod n, projecting into the filling-chamber c and terminating in a hook at, above which is arranged an arm n curving outwardly and leaving a space a between the hook at and arm vi The upper end of the rod 7% is pivotally secured to a lever 92 which at one end is connected by a link 01 with the yoke b of the frame B and at the other end is pivotally engaged by a link n connected with a rod 01", which rod is guided at its upper and lower ends in the yoke b and bed-plate a, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The lower end of the rod 11. is in engagement with a suitable cam-groove arranged in the disk 91 secured to the driven shaft a of the machine. This disk imparts to the rods 01 and n the necessary up-and-down movements. When a bottle 6 is to be inserted into the fillin g-head C, the rod n,with its book it, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, occupies a position in which the spring-latch 0 of a sealing-disk 0 for the bottle e can be readily placed onto the hook it. The hook n remains in this position until the bottle 6 is filled,after which the same is raised to lift the sealing-disk 0 into the po-- sition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, in which position the disk 0 is brought into ongagement with the interior lower edge of the neck 6 of the bottle 6, preventing thereby the escape of liquid and gas therefrom. After the bottle has been closed by the sealing-disk o the hook it is again lowered, as illustrated in Fig. 6, in which position the spring-latch 0 of the sealing-disk 0, now projecting above the bottle, can be readily disengaged from the hook n.

It will be readily understood that instead of a carbonaceous liquid any other fluid or liquid may be charged or conducted into a bottle by a machine of the present invention and that a stoppered bottle may be used instead of the well-known Hutchinson type of bottle,as illustrated, with the sealing-disk, as shown in the drawings. When a stoppered bottle is used, the stopper may be forced into the neck of the bottle by the rod 72 without departing from the spirit of my said invention, and further changes as to more or less minor details of the machine may be made from what is illustrated and described Without departing from the scope of the said invention.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-filling machine, in combination with a filling-head, a yielding support upon which the bottle is placed and located below the filling-head, an inlet for the liquid IIC &

to the filling-head, a valve controlling said inlet, a stem projecting from said valve, a plate arranged to oscillate beneath said stem, a shaft, a cam located on said shaft and arranged normally to operate the valve-stem through said plate to control said valve, a cam arranged on said shaft and adapted to elevate and depress the yielding support, said support having a movement independent of the movement imparted to it by said cam and shaft, and means controlled by the independent movement of said support and arranged to oscillate said plate to disconnect the valvestem from its operating-cam.

2. In a bottle-filling machine, a filling+head and means for supplying the same with a liquid, a sealing-plunger traversing the fillinghead, in combination with a support, a yielding'table for the bottle arranged within the support and having a movement independent of said support, means controlled by the operation of the machine and arranged to elevate and depress the support and to reciprocate the sealing-plunger, mechanism actuated by the operation of the machine and arranged to control the liquid-supply to the fillinghead and means actuated by the independent movement of the table and arranged to control said mechanism.

3. In a bottle-filling machine, a filling-head and means for supplying the same with a liquid, in combination with a support, a yielding table for the bottle arranged within the support and having a movement independent of said support, means controlled by the operation .of the machine and arranged to elevate and depress the support, mechanism actuated by the operation of the machine and arranged to control the liquid-supply to the filling-head, and means actuated by the independent movement of the table and arranged to control said mechanism.

4. In a bottle-fillin g machine,a filling-head, an inlet for liquid to said head and an inlet for syrup to said head, in combination with a support, means controlled by the operation of the machine and arranged to elevate and depress said support, a yielding table for the bottle having a movement in the support independent of the elevation and depression of said support, mechanism actuated by the operation of the machine and arranged to control the liquid and syrup inlets, and means actuated by the independent movement of the yielding table and arranged to control said mechanism.

5. In a bottle-filling machine,a filling-head, an inlet for liquid to said head, a valve controlling said inlet, a plunger controlling said valve, a shaft, and intermediate mechanism adapted normally to elevate and depress said plunger, an oscillating plate interposed normally between the plunger and said intermediate mechanism, a yielding support for the bottle adapted to be elevated and depressed by said shaft, and intermediate means controlled by the support arranged to withdraw said oscillating plate when the support is elevated, whereby operation of said inlet-valve is prevented.

6. In a bottle-filling machine,a filling-head, an inlet for liquid to said head, an inlet for syrup to said head, a valve controlling each inlet, a plunger controlling each valve, a shaft and intermediate mechanisms adapted normally to elevate and depress said plungers, an oscillating plate normally interposed between each plunger and its intermediate operating mechanism, a yielding support for the bottle, means controlled by said shaft for elevating and depressing said support, and intermediate means controlled by the upward movement of the support arranged to withdraw both oscillating plates to thereby prevent the operation of both inlet-valves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB K. WEED.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

